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Robert Koch Institute

In research, Robert Koch Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,089 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#1,401 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,221 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases (Infectious Diseases is 14.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,052
of 22,385 · #1,857 all time
Rank in Germany
#92
of 795
Research works
6.4k
▼ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
191k
30.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.26×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Robert Koch Institute

What is Robert Koch Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #1,089 of 9,902 14.9%431 #1074
MedicineField #1,401 of 8,541 13.1%305 #1278
Life SciencesDomain #1,221 of 6,403 11.8%160 #1264
Health ProfessionsField #413 of 1,895 19.8%117 #451
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #275 of 944 19.4%100 #229
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,031 of 2,964 11.7%85 #1169
Social SciencesDomain #4,378 of 9,585 12.8%139 #4793
EpidemiologySubfield #424 of 927 13.9%72 #515
Infectious DiseasesSubfield #230 of 421 13.3%78 #274
Physical SciencesDomain #7,523 of 10,670 10.7%76 #7111

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Robert Koch Institute sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#1,074 #1,089
  2. Medicine#1,278 #1,401
  3. Life Sciences#1,264 #1,221
  4. Health Professions#451 #413
  5. General Health Professions#229 #275
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,169 #1,031
  7. Social Sciences#4,793 #4,378
  8. Epidemiology#515 #424
  9. Infectious Diseases#274 #230
  10. Physical Sciences#7,111 #7,523
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Robert Koch Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Robert Koch Institute is in Health Sciences, 21% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (37%), Health Professions (14%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 489 fractional works · 52.4% of its workMedicine: 349 fractional works · 37.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 92 fractional works · 9.8% of its workEpidemiology: 81 fractional works · 8.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 52 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPhysiology: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHepatology: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 128 fractional works · 13.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 106 fractional works · 11.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPeriodontics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 192 fractional works · 20.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 102 fractional works · 11.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 45 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEndocrinology: 14 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiotechnology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 55 fractional works · 5.8% of its workImmunology: 14 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMicrobiology: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workVirology: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workParasitology: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 29 fractional works · 3.1% of its workFood Science: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 162 fractional works · 17.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 71 fractional works · 7.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 27 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHealth: 24 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 56 fractional works · 6.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 39 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 90 fractional works · 9.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 28 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 20 fractional works · 2.1% of its workModeling and Simulation: 18 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 19 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKRobert KochInstitute934fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences21%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences52%Social Sciences17%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine34937.4%
    2. Health Professions12813.7%
    3. Dentistry60.6%
    4. Veterinary50.5%
    5. Nursing10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10211.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology555.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences293.1%
    4. Neuroscience60.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    1. Social Sciences717.6%
    2. Psychology566.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance111.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting101.1%
    5. Decision Sciences80.9%
    6. Arts and Humanities70.7%
    1. Environmental Science283.0%
    2. Mathematics202.1%
    3. Computer Science192.1%
    4. Engineering101.1%
    5. Chemistry50.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy20.3%
    8. Materials Science20.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Energy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Robert Koch Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 14.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 91.8 works14×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 29 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.05× its world share, 102 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.80× its world share, 54 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.37× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.61× its world share, 28 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.82× its world share, 20 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.30× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.22× its world share, 128 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.94× its world share, 349 worksMedicineNursing: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.90× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.34× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.96× its world share, 56 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 71 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology5.80×54 works
  2. Health Professions5.22×128 works
  3. Veterinary3.90×5 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.05×102 works
  5. Psychology1.96×56 works
  6. Medicine1.94×349 works
  7. Mathematics1.82×20 works
  8. Dentistry1.30×6 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.89×8 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.65×29 works
  11. Environmental Science0.61×28 works
  12. Social Sciences0.60×71 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.54×11 works
  14. Neuroscience0.37×6 works
  15. Chemistry0.37×5 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.34×10 works
  17. Nursing0.31×1 works
  18. Computer Science0.27×19 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.25×1 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.24×7 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.18×3 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.15×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.12×2 works
  24. Engineering0.07×10 works
  25. Materials Science0.05×2 works
  26. Energy0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Robert Koch Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Oliver Drechsel, Richard A. Kroczek and Sebastian Haller lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Robert Koch Institute.

  1. 1 Oliver Drechsel Germany · #43,876 worldwide 19k citations · 107 works
  2. 2 Richard A. Kroczek Germany · #104,220 worldwide 16k citations · 126 works
  3. 3 Sebastian Haller Germany · #106,482 worldwide 44k citations · 129 works
  4. 4 Ralf Dürrwald Germany · #107,540 worldwide 5.9k citations · 187 works
  5. 5 Fabian Hubertus Leendertz Germany · #125,510 worldwide 13k citations · 289 works
  6. 6 Thorsten Wolff Germany · #126,092 worldwide 13k citations · 219 works
  7. 7 Gert Mensink Germany · #135,720 worldwide 39k citations · 259 works
  8. 8 Sara M. Tomczyk Germany · #145,652 worldwide 4.4k citations · 68 works
  9. 9 Sébastien Calvignac‐Spencer Germany · #153,736 worldwide 7.2k citations · 210 works
  10. 10 Andreas Hutloff Germany · #165,064 worldwide 7.3k citations · 75 works
All ranked researchers at Robert Koch Institute

What are the most cited papers from Robert Koch Institute?

The most cited paper from Robert Koch Institute is "SARS-CoV-2 Cell Entry Depends on ACE2 and TMPRSS2 and Is Blocked by a Clinically Proven Protease Inhibitor" (Markus Hoffmann, Hannah Kleine‐Weber, Simon Schroeder et al., 2020), with 21,493 citations. Next come "ResFinder 4.0 for predictions of phenotypes from genotypes" (3,475) and "Estimates of global seasonal influenza-associated respiratory mortality: a modelling study" (3,158).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 SARS-CoV-2 Cell Entry Depends on ACE2 and TMPRSS2 and Is Blocked by a Clinically Proven Protease Inhibitor Markus Hoffmann, Hannah Kleine‐Weber, Simon Schroeder et al. · Cell Open access 8 Mar 2020 21,493
2 ResFinder 4.0 for predictions of phenotypes from genotypes Valeria Bortolaia et al. · Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Open access 16 Jul 2020 3,475
3 Estimates of global seasonal influenza-associated respiratory mortality: a modelling study Angela Danielle Iuliano et al. · The Lancet Open access138 authors 13 Dec 2017 3,158
4 How long do nosocomial pathogens persist on inanimate surfaces? A systematic review Axel Krämer, Ingeborg Schwebke, Günter Kampf · BMC Infectious Diseases ReviewOpen access 16 Aug 2006 2,546
5 Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children in 2015: a systematic review and modelling study Ting Shi et al. · The Lancet ReviewOpen access122 authors 7 Jul 2017 2,491
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Robert Koch Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Vaccine, Healthcare Utilization, Chronic Diseases, Pathogenesis, Socioeconomic Status and Epidemiological Study.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology202▲ 5.4×99 topics
  2. Public Health162▲ 12×42 topics
  3. Vaccine68▲ 18×10 topics
  4. Healthcare Utilization67▲ 90×2 topics
  5. COVID-1965▲ 5.4×19 topics
  6. Chronic Diseases64▲ 27×6 topics
  7. Pathogenesis64▲ 13×20 topics
  8. Socioeconomic Status61▲ 126×2 topics
  9. Epidemiological Study60▲ 95×3 topics
  10. Data Collection60▲ 231×2 topics
  11. Germany60▲ 344×1 topic
  12. Health Surveys60▲ 344×1 topic
  13. Immune Response56▲ 11×16 topics
  14. Pandemic54▲ 5.9×8 topics
  15. Infectious Diseases52▲ 17×8 topics
  16. Mental Health48▲ 3.6×22 topics
  17. SARS-CoV-240▲ 14×6 topics
  18. Depression31▲ 3.8×14 topics
  19. Antibiotic Resistance30▲ 8.3×12 topics
  20. Vaccine Development30▲ 13×10 topics
  21. Healthcare Workers28▲ 12×4 topics
  22. Infection26▲ 11×9 topics
  23. ACE2 Receptor25▲ 12×3 topics
  24. Health Disparities25▲ 10×8 topics
  25. Viral Transmission24▲ 18×4 topics
  26. Antimicrobial Resistance22▲ 12×9 topics
  27. Anxiety22▲ 5.0×9 topics
  28. Immunity21▲ 5.6×8 topics
  29. Primary Care21▲ 6.1×11 topics
  30. Coronavirus20▲ 11×3 topics
  31. Psychological Distress20▲ 8.8×3 topics
  32. Virulence Factors20▲ 15×8 topics
  33. Health Equity20▲ 7.3×4 topics
  34. Public Health Interventions20▲ 29×2 topics
  35. Modeling19▲ 8.6×3 topics
  36. Genomic Analysis19▲ 7.8×8 topics
  37. Social Distancing18▲ 16×1 topic
  38. transmission dynamics18▲ 29×1 topic
  39. Zoonotic Transmission18▲ 26×5 topics
  40. Mutation18▲ 10×4 topics

Which research topics does Robert Koch Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Health and Medical Studies, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, COVID-19 and Mental Health and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

Health and Medical Studies60Health and Medical Studies: 60 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 18 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 17 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 16 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 14 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 12 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 11 fractional worksData-Driven Disease Surveillance: 11 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 11 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 11 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsModeling and SimulationClinical PsychologyInfectious Diseases3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 60 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 18 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 17 works
  4. 4 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 16 works
  5. 5 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 14 works
  6. 6 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 12 works
  7. 7 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 11 works
  8. 8 Data-Driven Disease Surveillance Epidemiology 11 works
  9. 9 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 11 works
  10. 10 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 11 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available47.8%not open52.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.4%domestic only81.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Robert Koch Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% lower than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Robert Koch Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0035% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Robert Koch Institute0.0034% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Robert Koch Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Robert Koch Institute11.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 26.5% in 2007.

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